{"id":655,"date":"2010-05-06T10:53:46","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T14:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordcampraleigh.com\/?p=655"},"modified":"2010-05-06T10:53:46","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T14:53:46","slug":"speaker-spotlight-brandon-eley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/speaker-spotlight-brandon-eley\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight: Brandon Eley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"660\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/speaker-spotlight-brandon-eley\/brandon-eley-wide\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2010\/04\/brandon-eley-wide.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"420,280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brandon Eley, WordCamp Raleigh Speaker\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2010\/04\/brandon-eley-wide-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/raleigh.wordcamp.org\/2012\/files\/2010\/04\/brandon-eley-wide.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/2012.raleigh.wordcamp.org\/files\/2010\/04\/brandon-eley-wide-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Brandon Eley\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-660\" \/>Our latest Speaker announcement is for a fantastic addition to WordCamp Raleigh &#8230; <strong>Brandon Eley<\/strong>, who is the Interactive Director for Kelsey Advertising &amp; Design, a small-smart advertising agency with a strong focus on digital media. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Session:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;5 Tactics Bloggers Should Learn from Online Marketers&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t usually think of blogs as transactional websites. They&#8217;re content sites, right?<\/p>\n<p>The truth is, every website is transactional in some way or another. E-commerce professionals and online marketers have spent 15 years developing the best ways to get visitors to convert.<\/p>\n<p>In this presentation we&#8217;ll discuss 5 key tactics that the pros use to boost conversions&#8230; and you&#8217;ll learn how they&#8217;re applicable to your blog, as well as how they can help you make more ad revenue, increase newsletter and RSS subscriptions, and sell more products.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nBrandon is an Interactive Director, entrepreneur, author, and professional speaker. He has 10 years of experience in online marketing and e-commerce from both the perspective of an e-commerce retailer and that of a consultant. <\/p>\n<p>He is the Interactive Director for Kelsey Advertising &amp; Design, where he oversees interactive projects, online marketing campaigns and information architecture. He is also the owner of 2BigFeet.com, an online retailer of large men&#8217;s shoes, as well as several other websites and blogs.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon is also the co-author of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/oreilly.com\/catalog\/9780980576825\">Online Marketing Inside Out<\/a>&#8221; and frequently speaks about online marketing at conferences and organizations all over the country. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to all of this, he co-authors the SitePoint Tribune email newsletter that reaches over 200,000 web professionals weekly. <\/p>\n<p>Brandon&#8217;s past presentations include sessions at eCommerce Merchants Association, Digital Age Seminar, South by Southwest 2010, BlogWorld Expo &#8217;09, BarCampBirmingham, plus many others.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Follow Brandon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kelseyads.com\">KelseyAds.com<\/a><br \/>\nBlog: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandoneley.com\/\">BrandonEley.com<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/beley\">@beley<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our latest Speaker announcement is for a fantastic addition to WordCamp Raleigh &#8230; Brandon Eley, who is the Interactive Director for Kelsey Advertising &amp; Design, a small-smart advertising agency with a strong focus on digital media. 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